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51And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.

Numbers 31:51

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  • That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 48-54)

Here is a great example of piety and devotion in the officers of the army, the colonels, that are called captains of thousands , and the inferior officers that were captains of hundreds ; they came to Moses as their general and commander-in-chief, and, though he was now going off the stage they very humbly and respectfully addressed themselves to him, calling themselves his servants ; the honours…

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